Of the crooked, by the crooked, and for the crooked

Jason Leopold tells us that Fitzgerald is presenting evidence to the grand jury against Rove and soon intends to present the jury with a list of criminal charges against Rove.

Just as the news broke Wednesday about Scott McClellan resigning as White House press secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove shedding some of his policy duties, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald met with the grand jury hearing evidence in the CIA leak case and introduced additional evidence against Rove, attorneys and other US officials close to the investigation said.

The grand jury session in federal court in Washington, DC, sources close to the case said, was the first time this year that Fitzgerald told the jurors that he would soon present them with a list of criminal charges he intends to file against Rove in hopes of having the grand jury return a multi-count indictment against Rove.

In an interview Wednesday, Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, confirmed that Rove remains a "subject" of Fitzgerald's two-year-old probe.

Maybe we'll get Fitzmas just before the November elections. But, will Cheney go too? It's sort of beginning to look as though Rove has to go first. Then, maybe Fitz will get Rove and Scooter to turn on Cheney in a deal. That will be too late for the November elections, but what the hey? The sooner we get rid of that creep the better, but better late than never.

Government of the crooked, by the crooked, and for the crooked.